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• Amnesty International - France
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Cour nationale du droit d'asile de France
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - France
• French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - France
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC delegation in Paris
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - France
• Le Conseil d'Ëtat et la Juridiction Administrative, France
• Ministère de la Justice, France
• Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples
• Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - France
• ReliefWeb - France
• ReliefWeb - French Polynesia (France)
• ReliefWeb - French Southern and Antarctic Territories (France)
• ReliefWeb - Mayotte (France)
• ReliefWeb - Réunion (France)
• ReliefWeb - Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
• ReliefWeb - Wallis and Futuna (France)
• UNHCR - France
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - France
• United States Department of State - France
• World Health Organization (WHO) - France